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Devi ShastriFortune |
More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began on June 20, 2025.
"The 988 program is one of the largest federal investments in suicide prevention in U.S. history — roughly $1.5 billion cumulative."
Users can set up a “panic button” but Earkick wasn't designed to be a suicide prevention app, said Karin Andrea Stephan, CEO and co-founder.
The CDC's count is 14 more than 2019, when America almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness.
This is the third known measles-related death tied to this outbreak. One was another child in Texas and the other was an adult in New Mexico.